PORT ST. LUCIE PEOPLE
38 Port St. Lucie Magazine
INDIAN RIVER STATE COLLEGE
A GED graduate and successful college student, Conway was the commencement speaker for the
adult education department’s graduation ceremony in 2012.
children,” Kristy says. “I never knew anybody
who went to college.”
At her GED graduation ceremony in
2009, Kristy was awarded a Laura Foster
Scholarship and thought it “would be cool
to take a class or two,” eventually earning
an associate’s degree in liberal arts at Indian
River State College in 2012, all while
working full-time. Kristy says it was about
that time someone talked to her about the
challenge of trying to help a classroom
full of children as opposed to getting a
human services degree and working only
with those children who needed special
help in their lives. In 2015, she graduated
with high honors, receiving her bachelor’s
degree in human services, specializing in
youth and family.
Now she was on her way to helping children.
“I worked as an intern at SafeSpace,”
Kristy says, adding that she also worked
with the student assistance program at
New Horizons.
“When I was done at IRSC, I missed
being there,” she says. “It was such a big
part of my life for so many years. I applied
for a job as an instructor in the GED program
and now work as a facilitator two
nights a week at the Pruitt Campus, guiding
students to the completion of the GED
and helping them apply for scholarships.”>>
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